News quiz for week ending 3/5/10

Questions

2. All but which one of the following happened as a result of the earthquake in Chile?a) a massive tsunami hit multiple countries in the Pacific Rimb) buildings collapsedc) power and communication infrastructure was damagedd) roadways and bridges collapsed

3. The hukou system in China was adopted by the government in the late 1950s to control a) the size of China’s populationb) epidemics spreading among the populationc) free speech in Chinad) population movement

4. The Chinese negatively impacted by the hukou system are:a) rural migrant workersb) Communist party leadersc) residents of large citiesd) Chinese babies

5. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, a former Pakistani lawmaker and a leading scholar of Islam, has issued a fatwa:a) condemning terrorism and denouncing suicide bombersb) calling for the death of all infidelsc) praising suicide bombers for their bravery and devotion to Islamd) condemning the U.S. invasion of Iraq

7. Mosab Hassan Yousef just wrote his memoirs. He is:a) a popular Middle Eastern singerb) the head of the Israeli intelligence agency Shin Betc) the son of one of the founders of Hamasd) the new president of Iraq

10. How will the cold winter affect Florida tomato growers long term?a) it will make it difficult to grow large tomato crops in the futureb) as wholesalers look to purchase tomatoes from Mexico, it will be difficult to get them to come back once crop production resumesc) consumers will stop buying tomatoes altogetherd) none of the above